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nulla

nulla is the alternative form of nullah.

nulla is the alternative form of nulla-nulla.

Meaning of nullah

Noun

nullah (plural nullahs)

  1. (South-Asia) A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a drain for rain or floodwater.
    • About this time a large gole of horsemen came on towards me, and I proposed to charge; but as they turned at once from the fire of the guns, and as there was a nullah in front, I refrained from advancing after them.1849, Brigadier Lockwood, Report of 2nd Cavalry Division at Battle of Goojerat
  2. (Hong-Kong) An open-air, concrete-lined channel for draining rain or wastewater; a storm drain.
    • On all sides, wild mountains rise precipitously above wooded nullahs, and we have a clear view, to the right, of the famous Amah Rock, with its singular resemblance to a Chinese woman carrying her baby on her back in the traditional fashion.1954 October, 'Boscawen', “The Kowloon-Canton Railway of Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 712

Meaning of nulla-nulla

Noun

nulla-nulla (plural nulla-nullas)

  1. (Australia) A club used by Aboriginal Australians for hunting and fighting; a waddy.
    • When these two men get within hearing distance, they tap two nulla nullas, or other weapons together, and crouch down in the long grass, or among bushes, so as to be out of sight. The bush mob hear the tapping, but pretend they don't know what it is, and say to each other in the presence of the...1897, R.H. Mathews, “The Wandarral of the Richmond and Clarence River Tribes”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, volumes 7-10, page 38
    Synonyms:
    waddy

Forms of nulla

pluralnullas

Phrases with nulla

Questions about nulla

What is nulla the alternative form of?
Nulla is the alternative form of nullah.

Words near nulla in the dictionary

  1. null-gravs
  2. null-homotopic
  3. null-subject language
  4. null-subject languages
  5. null-terminated
  6. nulla
  7. nulla bona
  8. nulla nulla
  9. nulla nullas
  10. nulla poena sine lege
  11. nulla pœna sine lege

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